If you take a drive around just about anywhere in the Pittsburgh region, you’ll see mailboxes covered in snow and even plowed in. What does that mean for mail service? Some get prescription drugs delivered. Others are waiting for important tax information. But whether or not your mail arrives depends on where you live.
“We ask those that get city delivery, please clear a way for your carriers to get to your mailbox,” said Mark Wahl, a strategic communications specialist with the United States Postal Service. “Whether it’s on your porch, whether it’s in the driveway, if it’s a central delivery unit — clear that way. Now, if you’re a rural resident, it’s required that you clear your mailbox for our rural carriers.”
If you’re in a rural area, you are required to clear your mailbox, otherwise the mail carrier is allowed to pass on by. If you live in an urban area, the rule is that carriers can make their own decisions based on a willingness to try and their own personal safety…